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08:25 kmlussier Good morning #evergreen!
08:25 kmlussier @coffee [someone]
08:25 * pinesol_green brews and pours a cup of Ka'u Bourbon, and sends it sliding down the bar to _bott_
08:26 kmlussier @tea [someone]
08:26 * pinesol_green brews and pours a pot of Dragon Pearl Jasmine, and sends it sliding down the bar to _bott_ (http://ratetea.com/tea/harney​/dragon-pearl-jasmine/1320/)
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08:35 _bott_ I'll be well caffeinated
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08:56 tsbere gmcharlt: As we ran into this recently at MVLC I have an alternate idea for how to deal with https://rt.cpan.org/Public​/Bug/Display.html?id=70169 - Assuming I can get it to work, do you have any preference for how I submit the changes?
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09:08 gmcharlt tsbere: pull request against https://github.com/perl4lib/marc-perl
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09:33 dbs oh that's ugly. bad iii, bad!
09:44 tsbere dbs: I only referenced that bug because it was there. My OCLC-originating example is less ugly. Thankfully.
09:47 * tsbere wonders if MARC::File->close should always close the filehandle, specifically when it was handed a handle and didn't actually open it
09:47 tsbere Not that a change like that would be needed for what I want to try
10:17 jvwoolf So...circ limit sets. We have a library system that wants to limit checkouts across all their branches.
10:18 jvwoolf So if they have 3 DVDs checked out at one branch and the limit is 3, they would not be allowed to check out any more DVDs at another branch.
10:19 tsbere jvwoolf: Provided you set the limits at their system level that shouldn't be an issue
10:19 jvwoolf As far as I can tell all the circ rules and limits are set by the circ modifier at the system level, but they still only seem to limit by branch.
10:20 tsbere jvwoolf: More specifically, the depth *on the limit set* being set to the system level
10:21 tsbere And I think you want the "global" flag set too, for that matter, if I remember things correctly
10:21 jvwoolf tsbere: I think the depth is set to "0" right now. Should I change it to "1"?
10:22 jvwoolf Docs say "0" is the consortium level, so I thought we'd be set.
10:22 tsbere jvwoolf: Probably. If you set "global" with it set to "0" depth then I believe you get "that circ mod *anywhere*" instead of "that circ mod at any branch of the one library"
10:23 jvwoolf tsbere: You know, I'm not sure if we have the global flag set.
10:23 jvwoolf I'll give that a try, thank you.
10:24 tsbere I assume you don't have it set ;)
10:24 jvwoolf tsbere++
10:24 tsbere jvwoolf: the global flag unset is great for "X circs at each branch", if I remember correctly
10:24 tsbere without needing a rule *per branch*
10:25 jvwoolf Aha. That makes sense.
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10:53 dbs Does the new password security approach take the password passed in for auth_proxy (e.g. LDAP) and store the salted hashed version of that in the actor.passwd table?
10:59 * tsbere has found 3 different ways to *not* modify USMARC.pm, all of which he figured out before he finished making the changes
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11:42 * tsbere hopes he isn't missing something in his testing now that he has code he thinks may work
11:58 tsbere gmcharlt: I have barely tested it, and it is lunchtime so I am off to get lunch. But if you want to see my fix attempt: https://github.com/tsbere/marc-perl/commit​/1b46cde3c76cd1dc6943010de98ac6d172d97b1c
12:03 miker grabbing 0985
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12:07 pinesol_green [evergreen|Dan Wells] LP#1588543: Speed up record attribute ingest - <http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=​Evergreen.git;a=commit;h=cf3bd14>
12:07 pinesol_green [evergreen|Galen Charlton] LP#1588543: further speed up record attribute ingest - <http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=​Evergreen.git;a=commit;h=6cc1d1e>
12:07 pinesol_green [evergreen|Galen Charlton] LP#1588543: tests for verifying correct generated of record attributes - <http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=​Evergreen.git;a=commit;h=f668201>
12:07 pinesol_green [evergreen|Galen Charlton] LP#1588543: schema update script - <http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=​Evergreen.git;a=commit;h=982472f>
12:07 pinesol_green [evergreen|Mike Rylander] Stamping upgrade for reingest speedup - <http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=​Evergreen.git;a=commit;h=4b5b791>
12:15 pinesol_green [evergreen|Jason Boyer] LP 1481441: Improve Hold Failure Messages - <http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=​Evergreen.git;a=commit;h=54e21a0>
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12:24 * tsbere wonders if he should be adding his name and adjusting years in the MARC::Record README file while he is making code changes, or if gmcharlt would take care of that later.
12:24 bshum miker: It occurs to me that the stuff we're pushing right now probably should get a milestone target of 2.11-beta (which has yet to be created).
12:24 gmcharlt tsbere: I'll take care of that sort of thing when making the next release
12:25 bshum And that stuff that went fix committed/released ought to be targeted towards 2.11-alpha
12:25 tsbere gmcharlt: Good to know.
12:25 bshum I'll try fixing that up later tonight or something if nobody gets there first.
12:26 tsbere gmcharlt: Too bad that my "wait, why won't open-ils.cstore start now?" issue isn't as quickly solved >_>
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12:37 pinesol_green [evergreen|Jason Boyer] LP1183964: Payment Limit Options - <http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=​Evergreen.git;a=commit;h=9bdfdf9>
12:39 * tsbere just had a DOH moment regarding reading lines in perl <_<
12:39 miker grabbing 0986
12:41 bshum miker: I added the 2.11-beta and am in the process of moving stuff over to 2.11-alpha before I close the milestone off.
12:41 miker bshum: thanks
12:43 pinesol_green [evergreen|Dan Pearl] LP#1501781 - Make patron name search diacritic/space insensitive. - <http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=​Evergreen.git;a=commit;h=85a470e>
12:43 pinesol_green [evergreen|Jason Stephenson] LP 1501781: Make patron name search diacritic/space insensitive. - <http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=​Evergreen.git;a=commit;h=42d5c82>
12:43 pinesol_green [evergreen|Jason Stephenson] LP 1501781: Make patron name search diacritic/space insensitive. - <http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=​Evergreen.git;a=commit;h=10aaac3>
12:43 pinesol_green [evergreen|Mike Rylander] Stamping upgrade for accent-ignoring patron search - <http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=​Evergreen.git;a=commit;h=ad10cde>
12:44 bshum Okay, we're all set there.  2.11-alpha milestone is closed, with all bugs that were marked fixed moved over to it.
12:44 miker doh, grabbing 0987
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12:47 pinesol_green [evergreen|Mike Rylander] Stamping upgrade for payment limits. - <http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=​Evergreen.git;a=commit;h=e51f607>
12:53 pinesol_green [evergreen|blake] LP1534283 SIP prevents renewal when user has any blocking standing penalties - <http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=​Evergreen.git;a=commit;h=2ba2c3b>
12:59 pinesol_green [evergreen|blake] LP1496556 Claimed never checked out count not increased when applied to LOST circulation - <http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=​Evergreen.git;a=commit;h=3a3d27f>
12:59 pinesol_green [evergreen|Kathy Lussier] LP#1604515: Remove Advanced Hold Options link when part holds are expected - <http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=​Evergreen.git;a=commit;h=abefaa0>
13:01 pinesol_green [evergreen|Kathy Lussier] LP#1424656: Fix grammatical error in My Account holds screen - <http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=​Evergreen.git;a=commit;h=73e3016>
13:03 pinesol_green [evergreen|Thomas Berezansky] LP1559281: Allow Baker and Taylor Fake ISBNs - <http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=​Evergreen.git;a=commit;h=ea375b0>
13:07 pinesol_green [evergreen|Kathy Lussier] LP#1575177 Add text informing users they cannot add survey questions - <http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=​Evergreen.git;a=commit;h=4c92d09>
13:07 pinesol_green [evergreen|Kathy Lussier] LP#1576502 Fulfilled holds also should not display as active - <http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=​Evergreen.git;a=commit;h=463ac7e>
13:09 kmlussier miker++
13:15 pinesol_green [evergreen|Michele Morgan] LP#1588450 asset.copy.cost Field Missing from Client Interfaces - <http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=​Evergreen.git;a=commit;h=5a5834d>
13:25 pinesol_green [evergreen|Liam Whalen] LP#1499537 Fixed kpac.xml caching problem - <http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=​Evergreen.git;a=commit;h=31563d8>
13:36 tsbere gmcharlt: I assume you get an email from github, but I submitted a pullrequest.
14:11 berick miker++ indeed
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14:15 jeffdavis dbs: if I understand correctly, AuthProxy no longer touches passwords in the db at all, it uses the new open-ils.auth_internal service to create the auth session directly; there's some discussion of the approach in bug 1468422
14:15 pinesol_green Launchpad bug 1468422 in Evergreen "Improve Password Management and Authentication" [Undecided,Fix released] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1468422
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14:21 dbs jeffdavis: okay. so presumably if the proxied attempt fails, it should still fall back to the native authenticator
14:22 * dbs wonders what the drop-down button in the "Apply standing penalty" window is supposed to have for options in http://i.imgur.com/u2gFFuX.png (currently ours shows no options at all)
14:22 tsbere dbs: Any custom ones in your DB (id > 100, I think)
14:23 tsbere MVLC has a few "System Local" variants of the original Note/Alert/Block, which were set to depth 0
14:23 dbs huh. I thought it might have been for setting messages public or private.
14:23 * dbs has much to learn / catch up on
14:24 tsbere dbs: I am willing to share some of what MVLC did with that stuff if you want, but for that it is fairly straightforward
14:25 Dyrcona Heh.
14:25 Dyrcona Wrong tab. :)
14:26 dbs thanks tsbere
14:41 pinesol_green [evergreen|Thomas Berezansky] Delay Novelist loading slightly - <http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=​Evergreen.git;a=commit;h=77e698b>
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14:54 yboston heads up, the DIG monthly meeting will be starting at 3 PM EST
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14:59 pinesol_green [evergreen|Galen Charlton] LP#1037553: bibliographic record source now copied to 901$s - <http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=​Evergreen.git;a=commit;h=8db4cb6>
14:59 pinesol_green [evergreen|Mike Rylander] Stamping upgrade for bib_source-in-901 - <http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=​Evergreen.git;a=commit;h=5317ba5>
15:01 yboston #startmeeting DIG Monthly Meeting Evergreen Documentation Interest Group (DIG) Monthly Meeting
15:01 pinesol_green Meeting started Tue Aug  9 15:01:00 2016 US/Eastern.  The chair is yboston. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot.
15:01 pinesol_green Useful Commands: #action #agreed #help #info #idea #link #topic #startvote.
15:01 pinesol_green The meeting name has been set to 'dig_monthly_meeting_evergreen_documentat​ion_interest_group__dig__monthly_meeting'
15:01 yboston The agenda can be found here http://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=​evergreen-docs:dig_meeting_20160809-agenda
15:01 yboston #topic Introductions
15:01 yboston Please feel free to start introducing yourselves...
15:01 yboston #info yboston is Yamil Suarez @ Berklee College of Music - DIG meeting facilitator
15:01 sandbergja #info sandbergja is Jane Sandberg, Linn-Benton Community College
15:01 dluch #info dluch is Debbie Luchenbill, MOBIUS/Missouri Evergreen
15:01 remingtron #info remingtron is Remington Steed, Hekman Library (Calvin College)
15:02 yboston BTW, Kathy said she is not able to participate today
15:03 Christineb #info Christineb is Christine Burns BC Libraries Co-op / Sitka
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15:05 yboston OK, my timer went off. we can start
15:05 yboston thank you all for coming
15:05 yboston #topic last meeting's action items
15:05 yboston #info jihpringle will research the state of missing RDA content
15:05 yboston #action jihpringle will research the state of missing RDA content
15:05 yboston (since she is not here)
15:05 Christineb jihpringle - is on vacation :)
15:05 yboston very nice
15:06 yboston #action yboston will move the undocumented content of the 2.8 new feature “TPAC Discoverability Enhancements” to its own section in the doc
15:06 yboston my bad again
15:06 yboston #action kmlussier will document the general workflow for being DIG release coordinator
15:06 yboston #info jihpringle will email yboston or maling list with 2.10 docs that were completed
15:07 yboston not sure if this was done, so I will pass it forward
15:07 yboston #action jihpringle will email yboston or maling list with 2.10 docs that were completed
15:07 yboston #info yboston will email Robert to check in on the HTML & PDF build of the docs to see why soem changes are not shsowing up; will CC verious DIG members
15:07 yboston I did do this, but I forgot to check earlier to make sure nothing else had broken
15:07 pinesol_green [evergreen|Bill Erickson] LP#1587639 Vandelay authority update editor/edit_date - <http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=​Evergreen.git;a=commit;h=43f06ef>
15:07 pinesol_green [evergreen|Bill Erickson] LP#1587639 Vand. authority updates PGTAP - <http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=​Evergreen.git;a=commit;h=720cb43>
15:07 pinesol_green [evergreen|Bill Erickson] LP#1587639 Vand. authority updates release notes - <http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=​Evergreen.git;a=commit;h=ada5bc4>
15:07 pinesol_green [evergreen|Mike Rylander] LP#1587639 Avoid double-update of editor/edit_date - <http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=​Evergreen.git;a=commit;h=744c0e7>
15:08 kmlussier yboston: Looks like I find it easier to continue handling Release notes than to document the process. ;)
15:08 kmlussier Keep it on my list of action items.
15:08 yboston no problem
15:08 yboston also, I just checked and all PDf fiels are being built and are accesible
15:09 yboston that is is for past meeting action items
15:09 yboston #topic new business
15:10 yboston #info discuss integrating Sitka/Pines/etc videos in the main docs
15:10 yboston not sure if there has been any other discussion about it
15:10 dluch I was just reading about this in last meeting's minutes.  Very exciting. (I say while procrastinating editing a cataloging with parts video.)
15:11 yboston I have not looked over theminutes, though usually I try before each meeting
15:11 yboston do we want to discuss it now, I can find alink tot he original discussion in the previous meeting minutes
15:12 yboston we can also choose to discuss it on the mailing list
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15:13 yboston here are the minutes…http://evergreen-ils.org/meetings/evergr​een/2016/evergreen.2016-05-05-14.00.html
15:13 Christineb we have added video links to our docs - example http://docs.sitka.bclibraries.ca/Sitka​/current/html/bills-adjusttozero.html
15:13 dluch It seemed like a lot of the discussion last time was on how to make sure the videos are still relevant to the current release?
15:14 dluch Christineb++
15:14 yboston Her is the raw log…http://evergreen-ils.org/meetings/evergree​n/2016/evergreen.2016-05-05-14.00.log.html
15:15 yboston this link jumps stright tot he videos part...http://irc.evergreen-ils.org/​evergreen/2016-05-05#i_246231
15:16 sandbergja Perhaps we could write a script that goes through all the ASCIIDoc and searches for the string "youtube"
15:17 sandbergja And then we can have somebody volunteer to look through the output of that report for each new release
15:17 sandbergja just comparing it against release notes, and investigating further if it seems like there may be a change?
15:17 yboston sandbergja: that is a pretty good idea
15:17 Christineb for our Sitka videos- we have created a spreadsheet to track the version they were created in
15:18 Christineb so when new features are released we can quickly see which videos will need to be recorded
15:18 yboston there are no easy answers for docs, havign videos is great but they add another layer to our work of making sure the docs are accurate. no good deed goes unpunished :)
15:19 yboston Christineb++ SITKA++
15:19 Christineb when we record the videos we also document our "script" this makesfuture re-records easier
15:19 yboston very ni e
15:19 yboston *nice
15:19 sandbergja Christineb++
15:19 remingtron Christineb: smart!
15:20 dluch Oh, that's very smart
15:20 * dluch takes notes
15:21 sandbergja also, scratch my original idea; Sitka is totally on top of it!  We'd just need to figure out a way to update the youtube links in the official docs any time Sitka changes youtube links
15:21 yboston to play devil’s advocate, is this going to make use have too muh work todo for each release?
15:22 yboston again as devil’s advocate, shoudl we just mention in multiple places to check SITKA for video content?
15:22 yboston then again, I do run into old videos for software and I can still find old videos helpful
15:23 remingtron it might be a better approach to provide an easy path to the videos without embedding links
15:24 remingtron maybe even trying to map the Acq docs to an Acq video playlist, which includes older Acq videos that might still be relevant, let the user decide
15:25 yboston For example, would a footer or header note in the docs site about where to find the SITKA  fit your idea?
15:25 Christineb what if other DIG contributors create videos?
15:25 yboston Christineb: good point
15:26 Christineb will Youtube allow you to create a playlist of videos from multiple creators?
15:26 remingtron Christineb: that was my next question. Like "DIG recommends these videos"
15:26 Christineb if yes - we could create a DIG playlist on the BC Libraries Co-op channel
15:26 yboston I don’t see anything wrong with picking a section to try out addign videos to see how much complexity it adds, and/or how much it increases the burden of handling new releases
15:27 tsbere Christineb: Just poking in to say "as far as I know, yes" as I have watched several such playlists before on channels. Dunno how to make them, though.
15:27 * tsbere leaves the meeting alone again
15:28 Christineb tsbere - I think you are correct - I will investigate further
15:28 yboston Christineb: should I give you an action item for that? your call
15:29 dluch Just did a quick look at some YouTube channels and agree with tsbere.  Looks like it should be possible, though I don't know how to do it
15:29 Christineb yes
15:29 yboston OK
15:30 Christineb ok I think it's actually pretty easy to do
15:30 yboston #action Christineb will investigate creating a Youtube playlist that incorporates SITKA videos and videos from non-SITKA sources
15:31 remingtron yboston: yes, I think a generic link to videos could work, though I'd love something more cool, like a floating sidebar widget :)
15:31 yboston do we want to conintue this topic or picki it up again next meeting, and or on the list?
15:31 yboston remingtron: makes sense
15:31 Christineb one thing - the benefit of using direct links to specific videos is quick access to desired info
15:31 yboston absolutely
15:32 Christineb if we direct them to a DIG recommended playlist they will have to search again / scroll to find desired video
15:32 yboston sadly yes
15:32 dluch True
15:32 remingtron Christineb: true, our real goal is "Click here to see how to do this specific task"
15:33 remingtron Christineb: any idea if your docs video links have been clicked?
15:33 Christineb I will get click stats for next meeting
15:34 Christineb we only added the specific video links during our last upgrade (May)
15:35 yboston did we want to pick a particualr section to test out addign the links?
15:37 yboston we can decide later too
15:38 remingtron I guess I'd rather focus on making sure features from 2.10 and 2.11 are covered, and maybe try to add a video link while we're in there.
15:38 Christineb maybe the patron related videos?
15:38 Christineb remingtron++
15:38 yboston either of those ideas sound fine to me
15:38 remingtron (I mean, that we should focus on writing docs for new features, not focus on videos for new features)
15:39 yboston remingtron: I agree with this, the videos are nice but I would choose text over videos
15:39 yboston though I do think videos can be extremly helpful, though it is hard to do a full keyword search on the contents of a video
15:40 yboston atkeast with our set up
15:41 remingtron should we talk a bit about 2.10 and 2.11 (coming soon)?
15:41 yboston yes
15:42 yboston #topic  2.10 & 2.11
15:42 yboston need to look up when 2.11 is expected
15:42 yboston does anyone know if this is the version with the staff client ready for primte time?
15:43 yboston I see that august 17th is the beta and feature beta freeze for 2.11
15:43 remingtron yboston: I haven't heard any decrees about web client yet
15:43 yboston looks like September 7th is the projected 2.11 release date
15:45 yboston I guess we should plan a DIG hackfest for that release between the beta and the release
15:45 yboston can I get a volunteer to set up a Doodle poll?
15:46 sandbergja yboston: I can do that!
15:46 yboston thanks!
15:46 remingtron yboston: hackfest, good idea!
15:46 yboston #action sandbergja will conduct a doodle poll picking a date to work on 2.11 new features
15:47 yboston remingtron: thanks
15:47 yboston BTW, we are down to the last 13 minuts if we stick to ending on time
15:48 yboston *minutes
15:48 yboston One thing I added to today’s agenda, but in the wrong spot is that I need to step down from the position of DIG meeting facilitator
15:49 yboston my library might end up switching ILS, though we may end up staying with evergreen
15:50 yboston I am being asked to get involved in another open source community for our arhcives dpartment (Fedora Commons) so my time has gotten more limited
15:50 yboston I just wanted to start the process of finsing a replacemnt for me as facilitator
15:50 yboston we don’t have to do it right now
15:51 remingtron hmmm, thanks for the warning
15:51 yboston besides that, do we have last comments or questions on any topic now that we have 10 minutes left?
15:52 sandbergja yboston: I think we're all being really quiet because we're all secretly a little sad that you won't be facilitating these meetings :-(
15:52 yboston thaks
15:52 yboston thanks
15:52 remingtron that's no secret!
15:52 remingtron I'll be sad!
15:52 dluch Yes, what sandbergja said.
15:52 kbutler yboston :(
15:52 dluch yboston++
15:52 sandbergja yboston++
15:53 yboston muchas gracias
15:53 remingtron yboston++
15:53 phasefx yboston++
15:53 kbutler yboston++
15:53 sandbergja Switching gears, there is one topic that I'd like to get some input on
15:53 yboston go ahead
15:54 sandbergja So, I have dropped the ball on docs re-org
15:54 sandbergja and would like to get those conversations started again
15:54 sandbergja and wanted to see if folks had any suggestions for what that process might look like
15:55 yboston good question
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15:55 sandbergja Currently, we have a rough ToC for a "System Administration from the Staff Client" book, with materials from the current official docs and other sources
15:55 sandbergja (and a few bits that would need to be written)
15:56 yboston one thign that is not a concer is that it looks liek the web client will not be “ready” in a couple of weeks, because it if was that would have an impact on the re-org
15:56 sandbergja and some functional requirements and some survey feedback
15:56 yboston we also have a test server that could be used for dispalying re-org experiments
15:59 yboston I would suggest that we again try another re-org specific meeting and/or a new email list thread
15:59 yboston thoguh of course that is soemthign you have done before
15:59 remingtron sandbergja: it wouldn't take much work to create a new root.txt just for that new book, generate the html, and go from there
15:59 remingtron yboston: does anyone else have access to the new DIG test server?
15:59 yboston Right now I think only Galen adn I have access.
16:00 yboston try reaching out to him for access, and of course tell him I can verify that we want to give you access
16:00 sandbergja Well, why don't we get a new root.txt file onto that server somehow, generate a sysadmin-from-the-staff-client manual using our ToC, and use that to generate some excitement
16:01 sandbergja a proof-of-concept type thing!
16:01 remingtron sandbergja: good plan. you want to ask for server access too?
16:01 sandbergja And then we can have a meeting that focuses on debriefing what works/doesn't work about that manual
16:01 sandbergja remingtron: I am happy either way
16:02 yboston sandbergja: that idea make sense, I had a similar idea before
16:02 sandbergja great minds think alike!
16:02 yboston though I think we need to set up a new git branch for these experiments or set up a new repo altogether?
16:02 sandbergja :-P
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16:03 remingtron yboston: right, a working repo branch could work
16:03 yboston not sure how the DIG test serve is set up. I know it is pulling from our main Git repo a cuple of times a day
16:03 yboston I can email Galen
16:03 sandbergja Thanks, yboston!
16:03 yboston #action yboston will email Galen to give remingtron and sandbergja access to DIG test server
16:04 remingtron yboston: thanks!
16:04 yboston #link docs-testing.evergreen-ils.rog
16:05 remingtron yboston: typo, should be ".org"
16:05 yboston oops, copied it from an email, tis time not my fault :)
16:05 remingtron :)
16:05 yboston #link http://docs-testing.evergreen-ils.org
16:06 yboston anything else before we wrap up?
16:06 remingtron just a plea
16:06 yboston go ahead
16:07 remingtron if anyone has time, take a look at the 2.10 needs and let's try to document more things! thanks all!
16:07 remingtron #link http://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku​.php?id=evergreen-docs:2.10_needs
16:07 yboston #action for all: try to document outstanding EG 2.10 new features
16:08 yboston OK folks, I will wrap up
16:08 yboston #endmeeting
16:08 pinesol_green Meeting ended Tue Aug  9 16:08:29 2016 US/Eastern.  Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot . (v 0.1.4)
16:08 pinesol_green Minutes:        http://evergreen-ils.org/meetings/evergr​een/2016/evergreen.2016-08-09-15.01.html
16:08 pinesol_green Minutes (text): http://evergreen-ils.org/meetings/evergr​een/2016/evergreen.2016-08-09-15.01.txt
16:08 pinesol_green Log:            http://evergreen-ils.org/meetings/evergree​n/2016/evergreen.2016-08-09-15.01.log.html
16:08 remingtron yboston: thanks for leading!
16:08 dluch Thanks, yboston!
16:09 sandbergja yboston++
16:09 kmlussier There are some 2.10 features I could probably volunteer for. Or should.
16:09 yboston thank you all
16:09 kmlussier yboston++
16:09 dluch yboston++
16:09 kbutler yboston++
16:11 kmlussier kbutler: I just noticed that you're here. Welcome back!
16:12 kbutler kmlussier: Thanks!   I am trying to get back into things, tho I managed to get here late for the meeting.
16:13 kmlussier kbutler: Better late than never. :)
16:19 Justin__ Anyone around to help me (new evergreen user trying to setup the ILS) import books via MARC?  I've imported the books via a MARC file.  In the staff client, I can see them when I search the Catalog, but I'm not able to see the books from the OPAC.  Searching brings back no results.  What must be done after importing books to allow them to be searched?
16:21 kmlussier Justin__: Did you add copies to the records?
16:22 kmlussier Justin__: If they don't have copies, you can retrieve them in the staff client, but they won't be visible in the OPAC.
16:23 Justin__ Would that be the Add Volumes link when I search the record in the staff client?
16:25 kmlussier Justin__: Yes, that's one way to do it. In Evergreen, a volume is the call number record and then you add a copy. Sitka has some documentation for adding holdings - http://docs.sitka.bclibraries.ca/Sitka/cur​rent/html/add-holdings-title-records.html
16:25 kmlussier Justin__: If you have the holdings info in your MARC records, you can also import the copies along with the records.
16:27 kmlussier Justin__: http://docs.evergreen-ils.org/2.10/_imp​orting_materials_in_the_staff_client.ht​ml#_staff_client_batch_record_imports has docs on how you would use holdings profiles to do so.
16:28 Justin__ I'll give that documentation a read.  I know I added a volume on one book to test.  It shows there's a volume, but copies is 0.  I assume I did something incorrectly.
16:28 Justin__ Unfortunately, our MARC records didn't have our holdings info.
16:29 Justin__ In most cases, we only have one of each book added to the catalog.  Is there a way to automate adding one copy for each item in the catalog?
16:29 kmlussier Justin__: It sounds like you added the volume without going to the next step to add a copy. There's a library setting that allows you to add both from the same screen, which our libraries find useful.
16:30 kmlussier Justin__: No, I don't think there is a way to do that. I guess the assumption is you would want a cataloger to add the correct call number and to make sure the barcode matches what is on the item.
16:33 Justin__ Makes sense.  Thank you for your help!
16:34 Dyrcona Justin__: Can you get your MARC records with holdings info?
16:34 Dyrcona Assuming you could export them again from the source, that is.
16:34 bshum I can think of some ways to populate dummy data for a given set of MARC bibs, but yeah kmlussier is right that it would be better to have actual correct call numbers for the volumes and then barcodes for the copies.
16:35 Justin__ The records we have came from the WorldCatalog.  We had a record of what books we had, but not holdings there (I'm not even sure you can enter holdings).
16:36 Justin__ We are a small library and this is our first go at an ILS to manage it so the holdings haven't been entered to be honest.
16:36 Dyrcona OK, then. I think you can enter holdings, but that costs extra, I would imagine.
16:37 Dyrcona Justin__: Then, staff are likely going to have to enter copies manually.
16:37 Justin__ That's what I figured.  Thank you guys.  I'll give the documentation a read through!
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